North Andover, Mass. – The Le Moyne College volleyball team had their second match of the weekend in Massachusetts today against Merrimack College.
 
"We're getting better." Said head coach Susan Kim. "Today we continued our growth and took a step in the right direction. We did a better job of keeping our composure and maintaining the level of energy we needed to compete. We improved in the areas we struggled in yesterday. We got our serves in but just missed at the wrong times. We're starting to play together. I'm proud of the fight we had. Again, there are some things you can't see in a box score or measure on paper but there is growth in many areas."
 
In the first set, the Warrior's gained a seven-point win streak to gain the lead over the Dolphin's taking the set 25-18. In the second set, the Dolphin's came back with a fight dominating in kills and also forcing errors on the opposing side to win the set 25-18. Both teams battled in the third but the Warriors took the set 28-25, and then the fourth set 25-16 to win the match 3-1.
 
For the Dolphins, senior outside hitter Madison Dembroski (Plattekill, N.Y. / Wallkill) led the team with 11 kills, and seven digs. Junior outside hitter Emily La Ruffa (Rock Hill, N.Y. / Monticello) and freshman opposite/outside hitter Branwyn Lupton (Napanee, Ontario / Napanee District Secondary School) both had eight kills. Sophomore setter Haley Gerken (Buffalo, N.Y. / Frontier) guided the offense with 30 assists and 10 digs. La Ruffa had four assists, and junior libero/DS Ella Katz (Burnt Hills, N.Y. / Burnt Hills - Ballston Lake) had one assist. Freshman libero/DS Haley Buescher (Toledo, Ohio / St. Ursula Academy) had seven digs.
 
For the Warrior's, Hannah Webber had 19 kills, Julz Carlet had 13 kills, and Ella Gizmunt had 11 kills. Mia Ardila had 40 assists, Lauryn Mattiucci had four assists, and Carlat had two assists. Carlat also had 11 digs, Mattiucci had 10 digs, and Ashley Gajdzik had nine digs.
 
The Dolphins will travel to Smithfield, R.I. tomorrow to compete against Bryant College at 1:00pm in Chance Athletic Center Main Gym.